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Haven’t voted yet? Still undecided, disappointed, or simply tired of politics? Your frustration may be understandable, but staying home will not fix the issues that concern you. This election will still be decided, and the people elected will make decisions that affect your money, your freedom, and most importantly — your children.
As I often remind people, “You can choose to ignore politics, but you can’t escape its consequences.”
Political disengagement does not put government on hold. It leaves the decisions to those who participate. While you tune out the arguments, others are organizing, supporting candidates, and working to turn their priorities—not yours—into public policy. Your absence does not diminish their influence.
Disappointment Does Not End Your Responsibility
Republican principles—limited government, lower taxes, restrained spending, individual liberty, private property, and personal responsibility—are the antidote to socialism and communism. However, those principles only work when elected Republicans actually govern by them.
If your elected official is not using Republican principles to govern, start working on November 4 to hold them accountable or replace them in the next primary. But staying home on November 3 is not the answer, and voting Democrat is certainly not the solution.
Disappointment with a Republican does not make Democratic policies a better alternative. Staying home can actually help elect someone whose governing priorities move even further from your own.
The Choice Deserves Scrutiny, Not Withdrawal
The growing influence of socialist and communist ideas within the Democratic Party, along with its approach to gender and sexuality in children’s education, makes the stakes too high to sit this election out.
Twenty years ago, did you imagine we would be debating the definition of a woman, allowing biological males into girls’ restrooms, or promoting gender-transition surgeries for minors?
Much of what we see today would have seemed unimaginable twenty years ago. Yet here we are, and Democratic policies have helped turn what once seemed unimaginable into reality.
Ask yourself:
• What freedoms could your children lose if you fail to vote for candidates who will protect them?
• If you don’t vote, who will choose the leaders who write the laws you will be forced to obey?
Weighing the Consequences
If your response is, “My moral values won’t allow me to support either candidate,” then consider this: your moral responsibility does not end with your objections to a candidate. Your moral responsibility includes weighing the consequences of allowing the alternative to win.
Ask yourself:
• Do your moral values allow you to remain silent about Democratic policies permitting gender-transition surgeries for minors?
• Do your moral values allow you to excuse public nudity in front of children in the name of tolerance and inclusion?
• Do your moral values allow you to accept government interference with parental rights over disputes about a child’s gender identity?
• Do your moral values allow you to overlook border policies that fail to adequately confront drug smuggling, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking?
There is no perfect candidate and no candidate is beyond criticism. But moral judgment also requires examining what candidates would do with power. Refusing to vote for the right candidate does not shield you—or your family—from the consequences of the outcome.
The November 3 election is about more than your immediate frustrations or any individual candidate. It is about the country your children and grandchildren will inherit.
What Texas Stands to Lose
For Texas, the stakes extend beyond any single campaign. State leadership shapes education, taxation, public safety, and the relationship between families and government. Texas also helps shape the nation’s political direction.
That is why I warn: “Losing Texas would be the first domino in the fall of America.”
By “losing Texas,” I mean abandoning the principles of liberty, limited government, and personal responsibility. It’s about the direction we could take and the national consequences that could follow.
Voting Republican is crucial in this election. I also believe elected Republicans must earn continued support by governing according to their stated principles.
Twenty years from now, the America we will live in will not be determined by what we do in twenty years. It will be determined by what we do today.
Concern alone will not protect our future. Participation, research, scrutiny, and sustained accountability are necessary.
Voting matters. Who you vote for matters. And the consequences of choosing the wrong candidate—or staying home and allowing the wrong candidate to win—will not stay at home.
Author: Joseph Vargas